{"id":2730,"date":"2023-03-07T20:26:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:41:51","slug":"fietstocht-2023-sevilla-cultureel-hoogtepunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/reistype\/fietsen\/fietstocht-2023-sevilla-cultureel-hoogtepunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike tour 2023: Seville - Cultural highlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2730\" class=\"elementor elementor-2730\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e21340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bike tour 2023: Seville - Cultural highlight<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9c88f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"6a9c88f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7f530f1 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/2023\/03\/07\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>7 March 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6863c75 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/blogtype\/cultuur\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Culture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/reistype\/fietsen\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Cycling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/land\/spanje\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Spain<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63136f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63136f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1160ec9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1160ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f8f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-23-Sevilla-Real-Alcazar.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2732\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-23-Sevilla-Real-Alcazar.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-23-Sevilla-Real-Alcazar-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-23-Sevilla-Real-Alcazar-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232c390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"232c390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">7-8 March: Seville<\/span><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Seville is truly a cultural highlight, many of its monuments can only be described with superlatives. For me, it was a bit overwhelming. Apparently, I can no longer properly 'digest' such cultural overload.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><b>Cathedral and the Church of Salvator<br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">On Tuesday afternoon, I visited the cathedral (early XVI). It is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world and the third largest cathedral overall, after Saint-Peter's in the Vatican and Saint-Paul's in London. The main altar and 80 chapels are richly decorated with valuable paintings and gilded altarpieces.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">One fact worth knowing: <strong>Cristobal Columbus<\/strong> and his brother Diego are buried in this cathedral under an impressive monument representing the four kingdoms of Spain during Columbus' lifetime: Castile, Aragon, Navarre and Leon.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\"><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: Open Sans, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal;\">According to Columbus' own will, his corpse was first buried in the Dominican Republic and, after it was taken over by France, in Havana until Cuba's decolonisation in 1898. Then his corpse was permanently repatriated to Spain and buried in Seville.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; color: #2c2c28; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The entrance ticket to the cathedral included the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Salvator Church<\/span>. There was a chapel dedicated to the local\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Saints Justa and Rufina<\/span>, two sisters who died martyrdom for their Christian faith in the 3rd century. They are now considered the patron saints of the city and more specifically of the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Giralda Tower<\/span>.<\/p><div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; font-weight: bolder; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Alcazar Real<\/span><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">After the reconquest of Seville in 1248, it became\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Royal Alcazar<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0built on the site of the former Islamic Alcazar. It is a typical example of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Mudejar-style<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">. Fortunately, some of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Almohad palaces<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0preserved. The construction and continuous extensions of the palace took 500 years, so it integrates different architectural styles, as can be seen in the photos I took.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d3b6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96d3b6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-Sevilla-Real-Alcazar-Mudejar-Palace.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2741\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-Sevilla-Real-Alcazar-Mudejar-Palace.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-Sevilla-Real-Alcazar-Mudejar-Palace-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-Sevilla-Real-Alcazar-Mudejar-Palace-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Real \u00c1lcazar: Mudejar Palace<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e450309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e450309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603e32e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"603e32e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">City walk<\/span><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">My last evening in Seville, I took part in a city tour that started at\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Plaza de Espa\u00f1a<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">, a huge, semicircular square and building built to commemorate the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Ibero-America exhibition in 1929<\/span><span style=\"font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">. Due to the economic crisis of 1930, expo attracted few visitors, but most of the pavilions are now reused for other purposes, such as museums, science centres or consulates of the countries that built them. The Plaza de Espana itself is one of the city's main tourist attractions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">To accommodate visitors to the exhibition, the huge\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Alfonso XIII hotel<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0built. It is now a luxury five-star hotel frequented by\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">royals<\/em><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">, heads of state, rock stars and Hollywood celebrities. Room rates range from \u20ac500 to \u20ac4000.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Torre de Oro (XIII)<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Defensive\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Almohaden watchtower<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">\u00a0against attacking ships on the river the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Guadalquivir<\/span><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">. After the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, it was badly damaged and threatened with demolition. It is called the golden tower because of the building materials used to make it: mortar, lime and pressed hay. The latter cast a golden light on the river.<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The town hall (XVI) was built after the royal marriage of Charles V to his niece Isabella of Portugal. Parts of it are made in plataresque (&lt;like a silversmith&#039;s) style with highly detailed figures. The popular belief in Seville is that whoever passes under the leftmost arch will never marry.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">Giralda Tower (XII)<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">The tower was built with stones from former Roman buildings. The upper part of the bell tower was added by the Christians. The tower has 35 bells, each representing a Sevillian church. The tower is 104 metres high and has no stairs but 34 ramps.<\/span><br style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\" \/><span style=\"color: #2c2c28; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 17.136px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);\">And one last interesting fact about Seville: it has no less than 40,000 sour orange trees in its streets. The Muslims planted these because of their delicious smell.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee05b8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee05b8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-23-Giralda-Tower.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2748\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-23-Giralda-Tower.webp 600w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-mrt-23-Giralda-Tower-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Giralda 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